As of December 2023, roughly 98.81 percent of German households had access to broadband internet with a bandwidth of more than 16 Mbit/s. In contrast, only 74.81 percent of German households had access ton broadband internet with a bandwidth of over 1000 Mbit/s.
Availability of broadband internet to households in Germany from 2019 to 2023, by bandwidth class
*Since mid-2022. The broadband supply information is based on supply notifications from the telecommunications network provider. Due to a new telecommunications law, for the first time ever network providers must deliver their broadband availability to the Central Information Office (Zentrale Informationsstelle) of the federal government. In contrast to the previous survey times, the supply notifications must be made with the correct address. This results in significant differences in relation to the data basis. There are some areas, however, in which the data has not yet been fully completed because individual data suppliers have not yet received any or have possibly reported an incomplete supply status. This applies especially to parts of Hamburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Saxony.
The figures provide the share of households which, through grid-bound technology (until the end of 2018 also wireless technology), can be supplied with the appropriate speed.
The source states the following: "During the survey at the end of 2016, the basic data - e.g. household /
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Federal Network Agency. (June 24, 2024). Availability of broadband internet to households in Germany from 2019 to 2023, by bandwidth class [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/460180/broadband-availability-by-bandwidth-class-germany/
Federal Network Agency. "Availability of broadband internet to households in Germany from 2019 to 2023, by bandwidth class." Chart. June 24, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/460180/broadband-availability-by-bandwidth-class-germany/
Federal Network Agency. (2024). Availability of broadband internet to households in Germany from 2019 to 2023, by bandwidth class. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/460180/broadband-availability-by-bandwidth-class-germany/
Federal Network Agency. "Availability of Broadband Internet to Households in Germany from 2019 to 2023, by Bandwidth Class." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/460180/broadband-availability-by-bandwidth-class-germany/
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